From the New York Times bestselling author of The Friend comes a life-affirming novel about choosing to die.

A woman visits a friend who is dying of cancer. Brilliant and stubborn, her friend makes a momentous request. She wishes to end her life on her own terms - and she wants
the narrator's help. Stricken, she agrees. 'I promise,' says the friend, 'to make it as much fun as possible.'

What follows is an extraordinary tale of a friendship given the greatest test: to witness, unflinching, its end. It is also a portrait of the way we live now, in a world endlessly troubled by crises, and the dramatically changing nature of human relationships in our time.

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Praise for The Friend

'A true delight: I genuinely fear I won't read a better novel this year'
Financial Times

'A beautiful book . . . crammed with a world of insight into death, grief, art and love' Wall Street Journal

'Delicious . . . An intensely pleasurable read because it is so accessible, capacious and clever'
Sunday Times